INDEX. 



613 



Pavement-epithelium, 237 



Penis, its structure, 551-3 ; its nerves, 553 ; 

 erection of, 558 



Pemphigus, 493 



Pepsine, 199 ; action of, 200 



Peptic glands, 525 



Peptones, 200 



Pericardium, 498 



Perichondrium, 279 ; perichondritis, 320-5 



Perimysium, 289 



Perineurium, 276, 280, 286, 410, 438 



Periosteum, 279, 341 ; structure of two layers, 

 342 ; bone surfaces not covered by it, 342 ; 

 pathological states of, 366 



Permanent teeth, 382 



Perspiration, properties, 228 ; composition, 

 229 ; gases contained in it, amount, 229 ; 

 origin, uses, effects of a " check of perspi- 

 ration, "231 



Perspiratory glands, 229 



Peyer's patches, 530 



Pharynx, its structure, 522 



Phosphates of ammonia, and magnesia, 56 



of magnesia, distribution ; in bone, 



varies with phosphate of lime ; more abun- 

 dant than the latter in muscle, origin ; 

 how evacuated, 56 



Phosphate of lime, in every fluid and solid 

 of the body ; proportion in different parts, 

 bones, blood, &c., 54; combined in bone 

 with osteine ; forms as a urinary deposit ; 

 uses ; origin ; how leaves the body ; acid 

 phosphate of lime, 55 ; calculus of phos- 

 phate of lime, 54 



Phosphate of potassa, abounds in muscles of 

 calf; origin, 58 



Phosphates (neutral and acid), of soda, as 

 immediate principles, 57-58; in urine, 218 



Phosphates in brain, &c., 473 



Phosphorus in brain, &c.,36 ; with albumen, 

 85 



Physiology of cells, 126-129 



Pia mater, 468-9 



Pigment-cells, 131-137 ; peculiarities, distri- 

 bution, 131 ; in skin of negro ; in lungs ; 

 freckles, 132 ; peculiar forms ; pigmentum 

 nigruin ; do. of lower animals, 133 ; color 

 of hair and eyes, 134 ; acne ; development 

 of pigment-cells ; function, 135; regenera- 

 tion, 136 ; pathological formations, 137 



Pigmentary degeneration, of cells, 130 



Pigmentum nigrum, 133 



Pineal body, 465 



Pituitary body, 465 



Plasma, 95 



Plethora, the blood in, 178 



Pleura, 575 



Pneumate of soda, 67 



Pneumic acid, 67 



Pneumatosis, 294, 5 



Pneumogastric nerve, 446 



Polypi, of the stomach, 498 ; do. heart, 95 



Pons Varolii, 460 



Portal canals, 533 



Portal-hepatic plexus, 532 



Portal vein, 533 ; peculiarity of its blood, 174 



Potassa, carbonate and bicarbonate of, 53 



sulphate of, 53 



Potassium, 36 (see Chloride of potassium) 



39 : 



Pores of bone, 323 



Pregnancy, changes in uterus during, 565 

 composition of the blood in, 173 



Primary bones, 350 

 Principles, immediate (see Immediate princi- 

 ples) 



Primordial cells, 130 

 Proteine, 83 ; its compounds, 83, 90, note 

 Prostate gland, 553 

 Prurigo, 494 



Puerperal fever, the blood in, 178 

 Pulmonary arteries, 576 

 Pulp of spleen, 584 



of teeth, 375, 378 



Pus, albumen in, 87 ; origin of, 189 ; compo- 

 sition, 189 ; liquor puris, 189 ; pus-corpus- 

 cles, 190 ; how long is pus in forming, 192 



Pus-corpuscle, 116, 145, 190, 192; uses, 193; 

 how formed, 191 ; relation to exudation- 

 corpuscle, 188 ; time required for their de- 

 velopment, 191; stearosis of, 192 ; " ste- 

 rile cells," 192 



Ptyaline, 83 



Pyaemia, 160 ; the blood in, 178 



Pyramids of Malpighii, 542 



of Ferrein, 543 



Quantity of the blood, 173 



Rachitis, 335 



Regeneration of areolar tissue, 293 ; of the 

 other tissues (seee&ch particular tissue) , 486 



Reparation of bones, 363 ; after fracture, 364 



Respiratory organs, 572, 582 ; air-passages ; 

 nasal passages, 572 ; larynx, 573 ; trachea, 

 574 ; lungs, 575, 580 ; development ; func - 

 tion of respiratory apparatus, 580 ; patho- 

 logical states of lungs, 581 



Reticular cartilages, 314 



Retina, five layers of, 450-3 ; its rods and 

 cones, 452 



Richardson, Dr., on causes of fluidity of the 

 blood, 95, note 



Rigor mortis, 403-5 ; duration ; order of ap- 

 pearance ; how modified by electricfty, 

 4045 ; in smooth, muscular fibres also, 405 



Rodentia, hairs of, 257 



Roots of spinal nerves, 439 



Rubeola, 403 



Rugae of vagina, 562 



Ruptured muscular fibre, 407 



Sacculi of hepatic ducts, 537 



Saliva, properties, 209 ; do of each salivary 



gland ; quantity, 209 ; origin and uses ; 



chemical agency, 210 

 Salivary glands, structure of, 521 

 Salt, common (see Chloride of sodium) 

 Salts in human body, 47-58 ; general remarks, 



48 ; in liquor sanguinis, uses, 155 ; in what 



diseases increased or diminished, 179 



